Machine | Review Of | Quote | Score | ||
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![]() | Commodore Vic 20 | Arcadia (Imagine) | The true test of a game like this is the "just one more go" syndrome; with Arcadia, you will find yourself suffering from just that. | 86% | |
![]() | Spectrum 48K | Small Business Accounts (Sinclair Research) | The total inflexibility of the system make the profit or loss figure more unreliable with each update. | 43% | |
![]() | Spectrum 48K/128K | Pirate Island (Work Force) | The text was sufficiently expressive to create the necessary atmosphere, but the trick of drawing a 'curtain' down over the screen before showing the next location is irritating. | 50% | |
![]() | Commodore Vic 20 | Sword Of Hrakel (Romik) | The text formatting is fair and there are no obvious bugs. | 80% | |
![]() | Commodore Vic 20 | Data Pack (Sumlock) | The standard of programming could not be called elegant, structured or easy to follow, but it does at least seem to work. | 58% | |
![]() | Commodore Vic 20 | Bongo (Anirog) | The sprites are impressively large and detailed but that means the action is slow. | 30% | |
![]() | BBC Model B | Alien Break-In (Romik) | The speed of the ships is impressive, and the sound is good too. | 85% | |
![]() | Spectrum 16K | Rabbit Shoot (Phipps Associates) | The speed is pretty slow for a game written in machine code, and the game itself is altogether quite boring. | 46% | |
![]() | BBC Model B | The Spanish Tutor Level B (Kosmos) | The Spanish Tutor proved a thoughtfully created package and should be useful tool in Spanish learning for individuals and in conjunction with other aids in school. | 90% | |
![]() | Spectrum 16K | Meteoroids (Softek) | The spacecraft looked remarkably like a fly, and using my favourite command - hyperspace - hopped about like one! | 89% | |
![]() | Acorn Electron | Dare Devil Dennis (Visions) | The sounds for bikes, boats and skis are also very attractive if not wholly realistic. | 85% | |
![]() | BBC/Electron | Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge (Ricochet) | The sound makes the game far more playable. | 70% | |
![]() | BBC B/B+/Master 128 | Arcade Soccer (The 4th Dimension) | The sound is well used in the game with roaring crowds when goals are scored and a starting whistle. | 80% | |
![]() | Spectrum 16K | Godzilla And The Martians (Temptation) | The sound is quite cute, but the speed of the program fails to keep excitement going. | 64% | |
![]() | Dragon 32 | Shaper (Shards) | The sound effects are excellent and you can get some pleasure out of just listening to them and playing about with the variables. | 89% | |
![]() | Spectrum 16K | Megapede (Softek) | The sound could be improved, but I suspect that this is related to cramming the code into the smaller of the two Spectrums. | 80% | |
![]() | Dragon 32 | Shark Treasure (Dragon Data) | The shark graphics are really superb, and caused the occasional roar of laughter. | 85% | |
![]() | Oric 48K | Toolkit (IMS Software) | The serious Basic programmer should definitely have something like Toolkit available, and the additional range in-program commands is very attractive. | 85% | |
![]() | BBC Model B | Sea Wolf (Optima) | The screen is particularly attractive and well detailed... The high resolution makes up for the loss of colour. | 88% | |
![]() | BBC Model A & B | BBC Music Processor (Quicksilva) | The screen displays the various parameters and settings clearly, the program is well error trapped, user-friendly and provides good user prompts. | 86% |